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l Leners Pam No. 64,6617 and May 14, 1667.

IMPROVEMENT IN WINDMILLS.

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Be it known that I, C. C. GISH,-ot` Virden, in the county of Macoupin, and State of Illinois, have invented Aa new and improved Wind-Power; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art tomake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification. -v

This invention relates to a new and improved wind-power, designedlfor pumping water, and it consists of a wind-wheel constructed in a novel manuel', and arranged in connectionV with a pump, tank, and a receiver, provided with a valve, with a float attached, and connected with a lever by which the wings of the wind-wheel may be opened and closed automatically. In the accompanying sheet of drawings-V Figure 1 is a side view of my invention.

Figure 2, a horizontal section 'of the saine, taken inthe line x x, iig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts. I

A represents a framing, which may be constructed in any proper manner to support the working parts, and B is a shaft placed vertically in said framing, and having a wind-wheel, C, secured on its upper end. This 'wind-wheel isV composed of two horizontal circular plates a a, between which radial partitions 6 are placed to form chambers e,\as shown clearly in tig. 2. The upper plate a is solid throughout, but the lower one has a circular opening, icl, at its centre, throughwliich the wind escapes from the chambers c. To the outer edge of each partition b there is hinged a wing, d, and these wings, when closed, cover the outer ends of the chambers c. and in consequence do not present any surface to the action of the wind, nor allow anywind to enter thel chambers c, the wind-wheel being therefore inoperative. These wings d are connected by rods e with a sliding hub, D, on the shaft B', and this hub D is connected by rods ff with a similar hub, E, on the shaft B below the wind-wheel. The hubA E has a groove made circumferentially in it to receive a loose ring, g, which is attached to an upright, F, the lower end of'thelatter being pivoted in a lever, Gr, which has its fulcrum in an upright, 7L, attached to the base of the framing Ai On the wind-wheel shaft B there is also keyed an eccentric, H,'which is connected by a metallic strap with a bar, I, havin-g its outer end pivoted to the upper end of a bent lever, J, to the outer end of the lever-arm of which the piston-rod j, of a pump, K, is connected. L is a water-receiver, one end of which is provided with. journals. c,{itted in nprights Z, the receiver near its upper end resting or bearing on the outer part ofthe lever G, said lever, near its inner end, havingv a weight, M, attached. In the bottom of the water-receiver L there is an opening, m, over which a valve, N, works. This valve is attached to one end of a bar, O, the opposite end of which is secured to a shaft placed transversely in the receiver, and having journals at its ends which work in the sides of the receiver. The bar O, directly over the valve N, has a cord or chain, n, attached, which passes over a pulley, o, secured to the framng, and is connected to a iloat, P, which works on a vertical guide-rod, p, within a tank, Q, placed on the base of the framing A, as shown in fig. 1. 'It is an cduction pipe which leads lfrom the pump K upward into the water-receiver L.

The operation is as follows: In order to start the device the inner end'cf the lcvcr G is pressed down, and the wings d are thereby forced outward, as shown in iig. so as to present a surface to the action of the wind, andthe wind-wheel will therefore be rotated and the p-ump K operated from the wheel-shaft B,'through the medium of the eccentric and lever previously described, and water will be pumped up into the receiver L, and will pass through the hole or opening m, into the tank Q, the oat I being sufficiently heavy to Akeep the valve N open. When the tank Q becomes full, the tio-at P will rise and close the valve N, and the receiver L will then fill, and the weight of the water inL will depress the outer part of lever G, the inner part of said lever of course rising and causing the wings UZ ot' the wing-wheel to close, and the latter thereby rendered inoperative. When the water from the tank Q is drawn off, the gravity of the iloat I) will raise the valve N, and cause the water in the receiver, L to be discharged into the tank, and the inner part of the lever G, through the inuence of weight M, will overbalance the empty receiver L, and consequently will be depressed, and the wings fl again thrown open, and the wind-wheel operated by the action of the wind. p

The device is extremely simple and eicient, operating with certainty, and capableof being manufactured and put up for actualruse at a very moderate cost.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A wind-wheel constructed substantially as shown, and provided with hinged wings d, and rods e, sliding hubs D E, arranged in rela-tion with unter-receiver L, and loaded lever G, substantially as shown :md described for the purpose specied.

2. The float P in tank Q, the valve N in the Water-receiver L, and the lever G, all arranged to operate dd in connection with the Wind-wheel, substantially as described. 4 C. C. GISH.

Witnesses:

L. COWEN, M. CHENEY. 

